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**✨ The Tragic Case of Medusa ✨**

*Not a monster. A victim. A warning. A symbol.*

Once, Medusa was a mortal woman—beautiful, kind, and devoted to the goddess Athena. She served in Athena’s temple, living a life of purity and peace.

But her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, god of the sea.

And one day, in that sacred temple, he assaulted her.

Yes—*assaulted*. A god. In a place meant to be safe.

Instead of protecting her, Athena punished her.

Not Poseidon. **Her.**

She turned Medusa into a Gorgon—snake hair, deadly eyes, cursed to live alone, feared and hated by the world.

Her only crime?

Being beautiful.

Being vulnerable.

Being *a woman*.

Years later, the “hero” Perseus was sent to kill her.

He didn’t fight her. He *snuck in* while she slept.

And he cut off her head.

They called it a victory.

They called *her* a monster.

But what was Medusa, really?

A girl who was hurt. Then punished. Then silenced.

Yet her story still lives.

And today, we see her clearly—not as a villain, but as a symbol.

Of survival. Of rage. Of justice long overdue.

Medusa didn’t deserve to be feared.

She deserved to be believed.

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"..I grow snakes

 for hair to hold

the venom

secreted

from this heart, 

loaded too heavily

with all they hate

about themselves.

And if they hiss

it's only because

like any monster, I've

long since lost

my own right

to scream"

- from "Medusa", Reduction Fired

Jennifer Yeates Camara

Feature model @psychara

Maat / size:  A4 / A4 +, kan door handsnijden afwijken. / can vary by cutting by hand.

Gesigneerd / signed 

Materiaal / materials: papier 200 gr / paper 200 gr

* disclaimer: kleuren kunnen in echt wat afwijken van de foto's / colors can vary a bit in real life.